Allen v. Commissioner of Correction

The petitioner, Anthony Allen, appeals from the judgment denying his petition for certification to appeal from the habeas court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner claims that the court abused its discretion in denying his petition for certification because the record before it clearly established that counsel at his criminal trial rendered ineffective assistance by failing to make a timely request that his jury be polled to assure the unanimity of its verdict. We disagree and thus dismiss the appeal.

The following procedural history is relevant to this appeal.…